Pocket lighter



Aug. 8, 1950 R. R. ERATICO POCKET LIGHTER Filed June 12, 1948 FIG. 2.

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' INVENTOR. ROSE R. ERATICO ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 8, 1950 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2,517,644 PooKE'r LIGHTER Rose Rita Eratico, Long IslandCity, N. Y. Application June 12, 1948, Serial No. 32,567

face of the casing and the inner surface of the cap.

A further object of the present invention is to improve on theconstruction of pocket lighters as now ordinarily made.

With the above and other objects of the invention in view, the inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination ofvarious elements and parts, as set forth in the claim hereof, certainembodiments of the same being described in the specification and beingillustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a pocket lighter according tothe invention,

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l, i

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a detail of the pocketlighter, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a different embodimentof the upper portion of the casing of a pocket lighter according to theinvention, partly in section.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3, l generally indicates a barrel of apocket lighter according to the invention. Said barrel Ill closed at itsupper end 12 and open at its lower end 14 has two openings l6 and H3 inits top wall l2.

A hollow endless wick carrier, for instance a tubular eyelet 20 having aflanged lower end 22 is inserted into the opening l6. Said tubulareyelet 20 may be connected to the wall of the barrel ill in any suitablemanner, for example by soldering. The main body of the tubular eyelet2|] projects outwardly from the top of the barrel l0, so that its openupper end 24 is at a distance from the top surface of said barrel.

One end of a wick 26 arranged within the barrel If! passes through saidtubular eyelet 2d and projects somewhat from the upper end 24 thereof.

An igniting device 28 of customary construction attached to the wall ofthe barrel ID at 30 passes through the opening 18 of the barrel adjacentto the tubular eyelet 20 holding the end of the wick 26.

Fuel absorbing material 32, such as cotton, is placed into the interiorof the barrel l0.

The barrel I 0 has annular bulge 34, which serves as a stop for an uppercap 36 slidably fitting around the upper closed end of the barrel l0 andfor a lower cap 38 slidably fitting around the lower open end of saidbarrel 10. Both caps 36 and 38 fit snugly on the barrel [0 and may beremoved, if desired. The upper cap 36 covers the top l2 of the barrel H)with the tubular eyelet 20, wick 26 and igniting device 28 projectingtherefrom. The lower cap 38 containing fuel absorbing material 40 coversthe lower open end of said barrel [0.

As will be readily understood, the tubular eyelet 20 holds theprojecting end of the wick at a distance from the top l2 of the barrell0 and at a distance from the inner surface of the upper cap 36.Therefore, when-after use of the pocket lighter-the upper cap 36 isagain engaged with the upper end of the barrel ill, the lower edge ofthe cap cannot catch the end of the wick and cannot jam same between theouter surface of the barrel ill and the inner surface of the cap 36.Thus, the upper cap 36 can be engaged with the barrel l0 withoutdifficulties and will smoothly slide along the barrel during theengaging operation. Furthermore, as the wick 26 cannot be jammed betweenthe barrel l0 and the cap 36, it cannot occur that the cap 36 is tightlyheld on the barrel [0 and the lower cap 38 becomes disengaged from thebarrel l0 instead of the upper cap 36, when the user of the pocketlighter wishes to open the lighter for use.

The tubular projection 20 receiving the end of the wick must notnecessarily be made and connected with the barrel IU of the lighter inthe manner shown in Figs. 1 to 3. According to Fig. 4, for example, thetubular projection I20 receiving the wick 26 is drawn out of thematerial of the barrel III] of the pocket lighter, so that it isintegral with the body of said barrel.

I have described preferred embodiments of my invention, but it isunderstood that this disclosure is for the purpose of illustration andthat various omissions or changes in shape, proportion and arrangementof parts, as well as the substitution of equivalent elements for those,herein shown and described, may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention set forth in the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In a pocket lighter, in combination, a hollow tubular casing adapted tocarry in its interior 3 fuel absorbing material and including a tubularwall and an end wall joined thereto and having an opening in said endwall surrounded by a portion thereof, said portion including a tapereddepression on the interior of said casing, a hol- 10w tubular wickcarrier adapted to fit in and to be inserted from the casing interiorinto said opening to project with one end from the exterior of saidwall, said Wick carrier having near the opposite end a flange flaringoutwardly in correspondence to the taper of said portion and arranged tobe disposed in abutment on the casing interior with said end wallportion for restraining movement of said carrier outwardly of saidcasing, an ignition mechanism carried by said casing and projectingadjacent said carrier from said end wall, a closure cap adapted to 4 ingof a size large enough to space the body of the wick carrier from theexterior of said tubular wall for maintaining said wick spaced from saidtubular wall exterior sufficiently to be clear oil the closure path ofsaid cap ROSE RITA ERATICO.

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